The Sun. — London, England, 1808-12-02 00:00:00

NAVAL N EWS: PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30.—iirrived .the FcthOurite Cutter, from Spain; with Dispatches for GoYerti- It leht ; the paitiCulars of whit. she brings has not transpired.: • Arrived- the Minstrel Stoop of from Malta, with Dispatches, and an Anstrian Messenger, which latter, in company with the Captain of the Minstrel, sat off for London immediately after the •Ship's ar rival 3 it is not stated what the nature of the intelli gence is which she brings. The Austrian I , lessenger is s upposed to have come down the Adriatic to 'Alai tai to get a passage to , • Arrived the Greyhound Cartel, Capt. SAMAELL, front Morlaix, to which place she carried over two . French Officers 'from Southarnptob, who were in chided in ..TtruOT's Capitulation. They were received in a friendly manner, and the Cartel was ordered . into the inner Harbour, alongside the Commodore, where she remained two days, but no communica tion w as suffered with the shore. Duiibg her stay, three Soldi ers and a Revenue O ffi cer were:plaeed on c" who'clared not to commtinicate any thing re to ale afThirs of France. The Cartel brought civet t large Packets of Letters,. addressed to sun d epartments of Government, some of which ate supposed to contain private letters from the de tained captives in France. There was a large .Gui ilelaran laying in the harbour of Morlaix, lately cap t:lred'otT the Liiard, but her name could not be ob tained: . Arri-v6d.the Commerce, COLE, from Dartmouth,' 4° und to Malta, :with fish; and the Lord Nelson, MA R Ks, (ruin Youghall, with provisions. PORTSMOUTH, DEC., t.—Arrived his Majesty's Sh• ~1 P Bonne Citogenne,' : froin Spain ; Ranger, lirr itsoN, Jane, Betsey, MeLvING, from Sun derland; and -Jahn and Mary, BaiLSY , from , London. .Sailed his Majesty's Ship. Gannet, for Gibraltar. e ,ent Out of H ar bd u r this day the Phwbe Sloop • Eit, DEC. 10.—Arrived his-Majesty's Ship Stan "rci, with a. Convoy, from Portsmouth, and .seve rat outward-bound Vessels from the River, and re -11)4 in the Downs with his Majesty's Ships,. &c 83 Per last,. . ToutAy, Nor. 30.—Arrived last evening,. the Channel Fleet, under the command of Admiral GAX -48/11: from the Westward, and remain. • The. Madrid Gazette, of the 15th,- contains three different Proclamations—one from the Governor of 'orto--Ricoi dated Ally the 30th ; one from the Go -lettlar of Campeche, of the same date; as also one ii t)r n the Marquis D E S OMERUELOS , d ated Havanna!), , 1 1 B th Of August 'and it appears al so , by an art i c l e "ated Havann b ah, August the 31st, that F ERDINAND 4 ‘V c i i ll• bad been triumphantly proclaimed King in Cruz, the authority of the Supreme Junta of Sev ille univer sa lly • ac k now l e d ge d w i t h j oy, an d t h at „ The th e y h a d f o ll owe d t h e same examp l e.— 4 -ne above Proclamations appear to be didated by i 4arrie spirit that has produced the numerous ones b -"at have come forth in the Parent Country, and ear the . qehce. stamp of the same energy and manly elo of the The following is a short extra& from that Marquis DE SOMERUELOS, which may serve 11 , 8 a specimen :—" Already,_ on the 17t h . of last • — ',, ° nth, I have . received some loose. intelligence of i s ue state of our Parent Country; this day haying •reo amply and officially informed of the chain of uoi,rors committed there by our enemies ; I am under t he distressing necessity of representing to you an ktensive, though 'never fully correspondent, picture t it . • the woe s and, miseries to .which Spain ha). n subjected, in order that each of you may r etire to his home, and undisturbed, vith due atten 7 ti(3ii contemplate the parent froM-Whieh he his de , 1 11 " led. his life, swi mm i ng i n bl ood, and ' dismembered t• he hands of diabolical assassini., But my heart 2.:rue,' and I a n t una bl e to proceed in the narra 1. Our brothers have b een assa il e d b y a profii- I s t !' Perfidious monster, engendered alike for the . 1° and disgraCe of the human species, boi etotton is • pcwerful• as , lie is ferocious. I see y our by ycur indignation ; but it' gives' 'me joy same ti rrielb"hearyaiir Sincere vows 'of sa -7._,1• cit)g all your posseisions, and your very lives, in ,ItLition of your hrethers,, vereign country y • f- the rescue ,of our so • e arm of JuStkei es .- the God of Arrows, the for awa:ts v on our side, and only • ouclisafity, hi • • until you repair to the:temple of 3 `:1.1.9'9' toy , Ntriotisna -with your offerings for t he solemn sacrifice ' either-bf' your persons or goods. Y ° "• Avti . I. never subjoA yourselves .to the'.devouring which will persecute the . -unnatural Spaniard that shall shut his ear§' to the 'prayers of his afilid- C,ar'n try.. rtetnernber _that life is fleeting, and is•only t as 'iSar.valuable as We, have adorned and 4 tt&ret'it itineritorious by moral and. patriotic vir • Atle s " zk e, n • 7: testerday :horning a grand High Mass, coulposel-1 f erro JA-ORTU.9.AiiO, - with Te Deterl. ; by LEAL, vas per d' it' the Portuguese . Chapel, in South-street, in commemoration of , the-retuoratipn of the,Holkse of, Isi rtAcA•Nz A to the Throne of Portugal. The music • e xtremely well p er f orme d by Messrs. LANZA,,. rifiilMN/ONS ;EN :- ANs,TuttNE,RELLl,TroctiEw r y; and . t.„ ... bet other Members 'th' Clioir. A number of Nobility and people_9f fashion attended. .Thece '.ellotty having been ;pretty generally spoke n 9f, a great, number of persons attended ; and among them ere . a gang of pickpockets. However, Sayers and 4 4avend er being there, prevented them from cotn . witting any- robbery. • INDtA Ho usE.—Yesterday a Court of Pirealors W w aS h e ld , when:Captain BENJAMIN RICIIARDSON •' sworn . into the command of the ship ,litiun, Lons• iped to China d irect. The C ourt a dj ourne d at. si x 0• (.10,b, till Wednesday next. ‘SE.C-QND. EDITIC)N. S Unh - OFFICE, HALF-PAST TUREE O'CLOCK, P. U. We stop the Press to add the following particulars • - to our details of the intelligence receN'ed this worn- ing from Spain : • The French entered St. Vincente de la Barquera on the 19th, and on the 24th, according to the ac counts received by the Captain of the Minerva, the Battle between the Marquis DE LA ROMANA and. the French Army took place. On the evening of that day the French were seen retreating, in great confuSion, and the Spaniards following them. On. the 22d ult. Sir DAVID BAIRD was Still at Astorga. Dispatches were this morning received from Sicily, but they are at present under fumigation. • A Report is very prevalent in the city, and gene rally believed, that Austria and the Porte have de- dared war against France, and that there is an insur- rection in Naples. PORTUGL ESE .PAPERS. Ltssos, Nov. 15.—0 n the 13th of this month the Merchants of this town, having met by appoint ment at the Palace of Government, the Secretary of State, charged with the general inspe&ion and ai_ reetion of the Royal Treasury, pronounced a speech which seemed perfeCtly to meet the ideas and patrio tic sentiments of the Gentlemen present. He ex posed to them the present exhausted public finances, and sheaved the necessity of the public wants being speedily supplied by extraordinary means, and by Voluntary contributions of the Merchants of the king dom, who, from their known patriotism and loyalty, would undoubtedly feel inclined to assist the public cause with such donations as their respdaive means would allow them to devote to that great and important purpose. He lastly : declared himself expressly authorised by the PRINCE RE GENT, to assure the merchants of Lisbon ' tha't every six months corred lists should be pub lished of the contributions received, with faithful accounts of the means in which they had been ex pended, for the maintenance of the royal army.— (Lisbon Gazette, 11 01..15.) The Intendant General of Police of Lisbon has lately issued a Decree, dated the 10th inst. by which he ordains, that all Portuguese who shall be found,guilv of having endeavoured to seduce British subjeas from their duty and allegiance to their Sovereign, and afford them opportunities to desert, shall be punished according to the utmost rigour of the law.—(The same Paper.) Mr. MONROE, the Messenger, arrived yesterday at the Secretary of State's Office, from Spain, with dispatches. An Officer from Lord COLLINGWOOD arrived at the Admiralty h!te in the evening, with dispatches. Wednesday being St. Andrew's Day, a General Court of the Scots Corporation was held at their Hall for the Eletlion of the Annual Officers, accord ing to the Charter, for the year ensuing, when his . Grace the Duke of MONTROSE was re-eleded Presi _dent e his Grace the Duke of ARGYLE, the Marquis. • of HUNTLEY, the Earl of Sr.Lktitx, and General Sir JAN/ES PULTENEY, Bart. were re-eletaed ; and the Earl of MoIRA and Lord KINNAIRD, eleded Vice- Presidents, in the room of the Earl of ROSSLYN- and Lord Mtyro, who go out this ,year by - rotation,. agreeable to a bye-law of the Corporation ; and ALEXANDER GORDON, Esq. Treasurer. The Court, afterwards adjourned to the City of London Tavern • to dinner, with the Benefadors and Friends of the Institution—RUßEHT OLIPUANT, Esq, in the Chair. The company, upwards of 400, • was as usual . very respelEtable ; among them we noticed several ( nob:e Spaniards, and men of rank of that country, evi dently much gratified with the attention of the etni, neat military and commercial charaCters around then 3„ all hearty iu the good cause .of the Charity; and from a statement given by . the ,Chairman, we were happy to learn, that the Institution continues to flourish and extend its usefulness, axla ,that it only requires to be better known to be racked among the first charitable establishments in the,,, met ropolis.,— The Colledion, we understood, far exceeded any former .ore on St. Andrew's, Day. The evening was spent in great. hilarity and harmony, many loyal toasts drank, andappropriate..patriotie songs, well sung by Messrs. INGNUM, LEETE, TAYLOR, &C. — „The great exertions of, the Stewards. for the, ciiy were conspicuous, and as they did not omit to Ott neht fro . tu the experience of their predecessors, we hope their successors will not think it derogatory to follow their example. The dinner and. wines did , the:Tavern, as well as the Stewards, much credit. _ . Extra& of a letter from an °dicer with the Divi siOn under General . MoottE, dated Albuquerque, Nov. 7th :—I wrote you nu .our leaving Lisbon for Spain, to which I refer you for the particulars of our strength, route, &c. 1 have at present very little. left to say;only, that we are arrived at this place,being the . first town in Spin. We are cer t a i n l y M arc hi ng for.Burgos, by Alcantara, Cinda' d.de Rodrigo, Sala manca, and Valladolid. We are the advanced corp; under. Major-General PAGE T : our march. is in the following order;—.-95th, 52d; 20th, 2d light bat-. talion, King's' Geurian Legion, and Ist Light tat 7, tailor], German Legion. We march by bat- . talions, each following the ()Cher, at a, day's distance successively. TLit the new Dratria, Which haS been for some 'time in preparation at this Theatre, was last night brought forward under the title; of Venoni, or, Tire NoVice of Si. Mark. DRAMATIS PERSON/ E. &nvolio - - - m l . Slonoiti. .' Th 6 Marquis Caprara - -- Mr. POWELL. Father Cot lestino 1 - Mr. WROUGHTON. Veponi (a Novitiate) - .. Mr. ELLISTON.. Father leronymo . - - Mr. I-1 ..OLLA ND. Father Michael - - Mr. DE CAMP. Father Anastasio ' - Mr. C'ocii.g. Father Nicolo :. - - Mr. MAonoCks. Bettedet to - - - Mr. PENt.si. Hortensia (Marchioness of Caprani) Mrs. Vow it.t.. loseplia - - - Mri. U. SIDDONS. As our Country Readers, in general, are forid of reading the Fable (..f new Dratnas, we subjoin the foll Owing brief sketch of it :. The scene lies in Sicily, where Venoni, d young Sicilian Nobleman, was on the point of marriage with losepha, when her parents were obliged to visit the Court •of Naples.— Duringtheir absence, losepha was placed in a convent,where she s hortly after sickened and died. Grief for her idss for a time robbed Venoni of his senses ; and on his recovery he entered the Monastery of .St - .•, Marie's, which was only separated by a party wall troin the convent in which losepha had expired ;.at this period the Piece commences—Venoni is on the eve of pronouncing his vows; when Father Michael • gives hiM a letter from the Abbess to the Prior of St. Mark's,which explains that the Prior had failed in an attempt uporn losepha's virtue, and that her removal` fre;'.the world had been thought necessary, to prevent her divutging to her parents the infamous conrind of the Abbess and her confe derate; blitlded by fury, Venoni shews this letter. to the Prior; in consequence he is prevented froth leaving the Mo nastery, and confined in 3 subterraneonsdungeon, which the Prior believes to be unknown to all. except himself and his accOMplices : but Father •Michael having suspected the existeme - ot such a dungeon - ' has traced out the ‘vay to and hastens to apprise the Viceroy. In the mean while, Venoni, in endeavouribg 'to escape front his prison s breaks into the adjoining convent, and discovers., his mistress, who had not been put 'to de.tti'i, hot Closi:ly confined - ; and the deliverance of both is shortly after producaby the arrival of Father N:lich it-I, with the Vice:* and - osepha's parents:. Report attributes this Drama to Mr: Monk LEWIS, and thobgh a Morning Paper says it is disowned by .. that Gentleman, yet we s have little doubt that ft is really the piecludion of his F en. It is understood, hoWever, not 'to be an original work, but a transla-- tion from a‘ French drama, which, was highly popu 'lar a few years ago' at Paris. The chief interest of this .piece lies in the second ad, in which the mind is. kept in awful suspense, and the feelings are strongly agitated. The first ad consists of .little more than dull conversations intended to de4elope. the plot, • but tedious and Obscure. There are -a few attempts in this at to enliven the piece by the humours of Benedetto, the Viceroy's ,Steward, but they are' stale, flat, and unprofitable." The.third ad. is an attempt at the, terrible, but it is so iwprobable as to be quiteabstird, and. to excite,laiighter 'rather than sympathy, or rather consternation, which seems al ways to be the author's chief aim, . Father Michael, though ,under the utmost apprehension that' he should be disnvered in the street, confides in a silly old steward, and at the time when he is supposed to be the objed of suspicion to his artful and cruel superior, and under confinement, to -prevent him from having an interview with the Viceroy, ranges at ease through the gardc.;l , )f . the monastery, and escapes from it in due tilos . to prevent . the death trf Penoni;—Fenoni is a kind of Octavian, with a mixture of Ophelia; and his dress 'as a Novice, with hisllights of insanity, strongly' remind the au 'dieriee of the latter charaeler.. But Teriatii's madness is of a peculiar kind, - tor, unlike maniacs in general, he is fully aware that he is mad, and gives a very methodical account of the nature and degree of his mental . derangement. Mr.Lgwis has committed • the same egregious mistake in his song .of Crazy Jane, who gives such an acconnt of herself as would . be impossible in her situation, however accuwte the description might be,from a third person. We are told that a brother of the order had previously' died in the cell to which Venoniis doomed, yet a scroll is found, written by that identical Monk, in vhicfe he tells any future tenant of the dread abode, how' he May escape, and without pen and ink, the contents of the scroll are supposed to be " written in very choice Italian."—The Prior'sayi that none but him- self and his accomplices know of the existence of these cells, in which lienoni and Josepha are Con signed to a lingering death ;• yet, in the last scene, the Viceroy and all his Court 'find an easy admis sidn. It may,, indeed, be inferred, that they have received due information from Father Michael; but, 'then it does not appear how he became possessed of it. 'The situation of two lovers, bewailing them selves in different parts'of the same prison, seems to hive , been borrowed front Richard Coeur de Lion, . and, indeed, other compositions of the same kind. But With 'all the imbecilities, absurdities, and im- : possibilities of the piece before us, there is so strong an interest in the second ad, that it is to be regretted that the other two are so indifferent. ' . The acing was entitled to much praise. Mr. H. Sinnims much distinguished him Self. ELLISTON also displayed great merit. So did WROUGHTON and Mrs. POWELL, DE CAMP, in the Friar, atleded all the graceful attitudes of an Opera Dancer, other wise his adting would have been tolerable. A mas itieradeSeene was introduced after the grand scene of horror, Which instead of relieving the mind, excited disgust. • onsidering‘ the expence 'with which this piece Was bro c ught for Ward, we cannot but feel additional regret at the present lamentable dearth of dramaticge r ins, Since it seems evident that it the Managers had really something worth producing, it would derive every suitable advantage f►om representation. The house was,completely full, and the piece was announced for this evening with a,strong opposition, but evidently with a large nnjority in us favour. Letters 'froni Madrid,. of the 15..)th ult. mention, that an indiscriminate levy has been ordered OK all horses, waggons, &c. and a levy at masse on the • whole male population, frotp tti to 30, including the • Clergy of every description. Lord and Lady HOLLAND, who had left Corunna far Madrid, were understood to be on their return but whether on account of the badness of the toads, or frOm an apprehension of their insecurity from the' advance of the French, was out known. A num ber of English travellers .Were detained at Corunna when the last packet sailed, waiting the arrival of intelligence from the capital. The enmity'of the people of Madrid to the French tikat none 4,f -that nation. dare to appear in. the :itreets. One of Lord BENTEsces servants hay ing ..ben mistaken I r a Frenchman by the popu lace, had nearly lost Lis l.fe before the error was j.. -discovered. • 1 ft 44f 4 r OLD s SEZON6,DAY--•-TFIURSDAY, DEC., I. •• , Thol*fii Wrigq, a Man . 63 years of age, war; this day for . a rape on . Ann wiight;•A 61Id of years old; the prisoner's own grand-daughter Frbm the evidence of the child; it appeared that the PriSoner resided at Tottenham, and is a shbernakci: 'by trade ; that on Whit-Monday hist she had gorci with him 11 - owl her father's, at some distance ham' Tottenham, through the fields, and that he had at tempted, on their way, a similar ad towards her with that charged in the indiCtnieut, but failed t etred his purpbSe. She did not then . tell her pa rents, nor any person of the circumstance. On the cotti of July, which was about a fortnight after, she was desired by her father to carry some nails to. her grandfather at his lodgings, in' a cottage at Tot tenham; and she refused to go '; but on being scold ed, and threatened by her father, she went. As soon as she entered the room where the Prisoner was at work, and in-which was his bed, he i.n mediately locked the door, and forcibly effeeted his base purpose. There being no Counsel for the Prisoner, Baron GttAiliot undertook the cross-examination ,of the child, from which it appeared that the. house, and those on each side of it, were inhabited, and the persons inhabiting the house might be at home for aught she knew, but she had not seen any of them: on that day. She acknowh.fdged that she did not scream out to give any alarm ; nor resist as much as she might ; and her- reason was, because she did .not thir.k her grandfather was going to do her any, harm. She did not tell her parents for nearl/ three weeks. In every ether resped,' the ,completleri .of the crime was folly proved. The woman of the house; and a medical Gentleman who • resides at Totten: , ham, and professionally examined and attended the, child, also gaVe testimony. The Prisoner . being. called on for his defence; made no other excuse than that .the transadien was not against the will of the child, for it took place in a public-house, where she might have easily given the alarm if she was so dispesed. Baron GRAHAM recapitulated the evidence for the Jury, and most feelingly, commented on the vileness of the Prisoner's crime ; but at the. -same time oh , served, that however abhorrent his conduct might be to every sensation of humanity and justice, and. however desirable it was that such crinamality should meet the punishment it deserved, it was still, neces sary the form of law and of necessary evidence should be complete, in order. to justify the convic tion in. the present case, as in order to constitute, the crime charged in the present indictment it must be positively proved, that the prosecutrix had made every lu,s , ible resistance, and used every means in her .power to 1 aise .alarm, and call for assistance; and that as . early as possible after time transadion, she should have communicated it to her friends, or some person, for the purpose of bringing the otienacr to justjce. Now, withoUt throwing the must dis tant imputation upon the innocence of the child's intentions in this shocking affair, or suppOsing for a moment that she Was in.the, slightest degree con: senting to the injury she had sustained, but believ ing that she might have been deterred by her midity, from making obstinate 'resistance, or raising any alarm, and by sluine or fear from immediately making the matter known to her parents, still she ad mitten upon her evidence, that she had not made all the resistance she might, nor used all the exertions in her power to raise alarm; and here the proof neces-- - sary to sustain the indietthent failed, and therefore he could not recommend the Jury to convict the prisoner., The Jury, however, retired for half an hour, and brought in a verdid of Guilty. The monument voted by Parliament t 6 the me mory ot . Sir RALiin ABERCROMBIE, has been erected under the large window iii . the South West transept of St. Paul's Cathedral. Yesterday afternoon . , as one' of the Bath and Bris tol coaches was going at a brisk rate along Picca dilly, the chariot of Mrs. Jemet, of Gloucester-plaCe, was proceeding also at. a brisk rate from the corner of Albemarle-street, and the horses became entan gled. In this situation one of the chariot' horses began to:Rluncre, by, which the chariot was upset with considerable vinlence, and Mrs. Jemet and hpr three daughters were all hurt, and one of, the latter . very seriously. The pannel of the chariot was staved; and one of the horses was lamed. A few evenings ago, as a waggon was going from London to Leeds, the 'waggoner was taken *ill , near Ponder's End, and Proceeded on the road on hors bitck, to get relief, leaving a youth abont sixteen, to the care of the waggon. Four men soon afterwards came up in a ,chaise-cart, armed with pistols, who cut the cords of the kiraggon, and stole out of it six chests of tea, of the value of upwards of tool. which they put into the cart, and immediitely drove off to wards town. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Dm 2. This day's market bad a middling supply of differ. ent kinds of cattle; Beef, Mutton, and Veal aye Cheaper than' our last report ; Pork supports last price, and the trade in general was not over brisk. The sales in the Haytwri;et were inconsiderable ; Hay and Straw have dropped in pyice since Monday's market ; Clover fetched a better price.—Vie subjoin an accurate statement of the prices and ❑umbers To sink the Ofild per stone of 81b. Beef 4s. od. to 4s. 6d.—Mutton 3s. Bd. to 4s. 6d.—Veal 45. 6d. to 6s. od. —Lamb os. od. to os. od.—Pork 4s. od, to bs. 6d. Beasts, 75o.—Sheep, 3,40a.--Calves, t4l. —Pigs, 200. Hay 61. Ss. od. to 61. os. od.—Clover 61. 6 3 . od. to 71. tos. od.--Straw 11. ►os. cd. to it. t6s. od. CORN-EXCHANGE, DEC. 5.? . —The supply of Wheat to-day is short, and sales fully maintain last prices Barley 3s. laver than on Monday ; Malt heavy sale and cheaper ; Beans are rather dearer; New Ticks about 6i . per quarter; Old a 3 wider; Rape Seed is dearer; Oats are in tolerable supply, a n d t hi s trade i 4 named at little flui;luatiOn ; flour at the late reduction. Wheat - 6os a 74s 3 245 od Tick Jeans - 725 a 78s od Fine ditto (new) Bgs a 9os Qt.: ()ass -36 s a4c s a 423 od ttye .... -55 s a 005 od ' YolAnd ditto 4-is aOS od Barley - - 405 a 45s od 1 Potatoe . - --s a 465 cd Malt - -73 s a t.l,' ‘ct 1 Rape Seed - 481 a sli —ed White Pease • , 1325 a I.T.liod 'Flue Flour - ;55 a Bos od Grey ditto. -- . 565 a 6zs cd Seconds - - jos a 755 ci Bears .. - -73 s a 855 ad r,.